Benefit Analysis in Criminal Justice:An Example Application to a Statewide Drug Treatment System

Benefit Analysis in Criminal Justice:An Example Application to a Statewide Drug Treatment System
Peter A. Collins
July 2014

ISBN-13:  978-1-59332-622-7 / Hardcover
Dimensions:  5.5 x 8.5 / xvi, 186 pages

Price   $70.00

Description

Collins employed cost-benefit methods to estimate the economic costs and benefits associated with the provision of substance abuse treatment in Idaho. To lend context to the cost-benefit findings, his work illustrated utilizes theoretical concepts from the fields of public policy and criminal justice/criminology. Specifically, he details the impact that the network, collaborative capacity, and wicked problem concepts have on the criminal justice and substance abuse treatment fields. His findings indicate a positive relationship between collaborative capacity and social support and an inverse relationship between increased social support and costs associated with criminal activity – namely, activities related to illegal substance use and abuse.

About the Author

Peter A. Collins is an assistant professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Seattle University. He received his Ph.D. in criminal justice from Washington State University in 2011, with specializations in corrections, cost-benefit and evaluation research, and criminal law and criminal justice organizations. His research goals include gaining a better understanding of criminal rehabilitation through treatment, substance abuse issues, community corrections and criminal reentry, the intersection of criminological theory and public policy analysis, and criminology within the context of popular culture. His research and other works have been published in numerous journals.